Escambia County Sheriff: Grover Smith defeats Heath Jackson for a third term

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Alabama -- Political newcomer Republican Heath Jackson, an Escambia County, Fla., sheriff’s narcotics investigator, was defeated by veteran lawman and two-term incumbent Grover Smith in the race for Escambia County sheriff.

Smith ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.

“People decided to give me another try for four years,” Smith said after he won. “People pretty much know me. This is my home.”